Converting Decimal Degrees to Degrees/Minutes/Seconds

The following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications custom function accepts an
angle formatted as a decimal value and converts it to a text value displayed in
degrees, minutes, and seconds.
Function Convert_Degree(Decimal_Deg) As Variant
With Application
'Set degree to Integer of Argument Passed
Degrees = Int(Decimal_Deg)
'Set minutes to 60 times the number to the right
'of the decimal for the variable Decimal_Deg
Minutes = (Decimal_Deg - Degrees) * 60
'Set seconds to 60 times the number to the right of the
'decimal for the variable Minute
Seconds = Format(((Minutes - Int(Minutes)) * 60), "0")
'Returns the Result of degree conversion
'(for example, 10.46 = 10~ 27 ' 36")
Convert_Degree = " " & Degrees & " " & Int(Minutes) & "' " _
& Seconds + Chr(34)
End With
End Function
To use this function, create a conversion formul
a, as in the following example:
1.Start Excel and press ALT+F11 to start the Visual Basic editor.
2.On the Insert menu, click Module.
3.Enter the sample code for the Convert_Degree custom function described above i
nto the module sheet.
4.Press ALT+F11 to return to excel.
5.In cell A1 type 10.46.
6.In cell A2 type the following formula:
=Convert_Degree(A1)
Converting Degrees/Minutes/Seconds to Decimal Degrees
The following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications custom function accepts a
text string of degrees, minutes and seconds formatted in the exact same format t
hat the Convert_Degree function returns (for example, 10 27' 36") and converts it
to an angle formatted as a decimal value. This is exactly the reverse of the Co
nvert_Degree custom function.
WARNING: This custom function fails if the Degree_Deg argument is not in the fol
lowing format
<degrees> <minutes>' <seconds>"
even if the seconds value is 0.
Function Convert_Decimal(Degree_Deg As String) As Double
' Declare the variables to be double precision floating-point.
Dim degrees As Double
Dim minutes As Double
Dim seconds As Double
' Set degree to value before "" of Argument Passed.
degrees = Val(Left(Degree_Deg, InStr(1, Degree_Deg, "") - 1))
' Set minutes to the value between the "" and the "'"
' of the text string for the variable Degree_Deg divided by
' 60. The Val function converts the text string to a number.
minutes = Val(Mid(Degree_Deg, InStr(1, Degree_Deg, "") + 2, _
InStr(1, Degree_Deg, "'") - InStr(1, Degree_Deg, _
"") - 2)) / 60
' Set seconds to the number to the right of "'" that is
' converted to a value and then divided by 3600.
seconds = Val(Mid(Degree_Deg, InStr(1, Degree_Deg, "'") + _
2, Len(Degree_Deg) - InStr(1, Degree_Deg, "'") - 2)) _
/ 3600
Convert_Decimal = degrees + minutes + seconds
End Function
To use this function, create a conversion formul
a, as in the following example:
1.Start Excel and press ALT+F11 to start the Visual Basic Editor.
2.On the Insert menu, click Module.
3.Enter the sample code for the Convert_Decimal custom function described above
into the module sheet.
4.Press ALT+F11 to return to excel.
5.In cell A1 type the following formula:
=Convert_Decimal("10 27' 36""")
NOTE: You are required to type three quotation marks (""") at the end of the arg
ument of this formula to balance the quotation mark for the seconds and the quot
ation mark for the text string. A cell reference will not require a quotation ma
rk.
6.The formula returns 10.46